Your Daily Facts about March
The third month of the year is March, and has 31 days. Its name honors Mars, the Roman God of war.
The March birthstone is Aquamarine.
The March birth flower is Daffodil.
The astrological signs for March are Pisces and Aries.
On March 1, 1780, Pennsylvania becomes the first state to abolish slavery.
Texas celebrates March 2 as the anniversary of its independence from Mexico.
Democrat Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) became president in March 4th 1933.
On March 4, 1950, the animated motion picture Cinderella is released by Walt Disney.
Annie Oakley shoots 98 out of 100 clay pigeons on March 5, 1922, breaking the existing women’s trap-shooting record.
On March 6th, Oreo Cookies first go on sale in 1912.
On March 8th it’s International Working Women’s Day.
On March 9th it’s National Panic Day
March 15th is also called the Ides of March. Julius Caesar, was assassinated. ‘Beware the Ides of March’
The Irish celebrate March 17 as the feast day of St. Patrick.
March 24, 1989 the tanker Exxon Valdez leaks history’s largest oil spill, 11.3 million gallons, in Alaska.
On March 29th, Coca-Cola was introduced in 1886.
On March 30, 1867 the United States purchased Alaska from Russia for $ 7.2 million.
On March 31st, The Eiffel Tower in Paris was officially opened in 1889.
Last day of the Japanese fiscal year and school year, March 31.
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